Link Visiting Places: SKY WORL EDITION

[sky_child]

Link had left the bar to make some arrangements--namely, making sure that the door lead him to Skyloft, rather than the Lanayru Caves--or the Lanayru Gorge. Wouldn't that have been confusing to the old dragon, walking out with another human?

Not that the people of Skyloft wouldn't be any less confused by the Link. Skyloft was a pretty tight-knit community for such a large island, and it'd be hard, explaining the other boy in a convincing fashion. He's hoping he can explain it away by saying he's a fan from one of the outlying islands. But he has his doubts about that...

Doubts he will set aside for the time being. It's time to wake the other boy up!

So he's knock, knock, knocking on his door.

"Hey, Link? It's me...Link!"

Comments

[sky_child]

"You mean that instrument? Sure." Pause. "...and you can play it, if you want."

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

"I-I'm not really that good." Liar, your songs can warp reality, you are plenty good. Anyway, he reaches into his tunic (not even wearing chain mail under that, good gods) and reverently takes out the flute-like instrument. It almost looks like it's made out of the same material as those..."Hylia-colored" things, like the Goddess Cubes. It also bears the mark of the Triforce, near the mouthpiece.

"...This is the Ocarina of Time." This is what led to his sleep.

And yet, he clutches the thing as if his life depended on it.

[sky_child]

That's cool and all, but check out his harp.

"...I guess I didn't tell you I had an instrument of my own. This is the Goddess Harp."

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

Hey that's a pretty sweet-waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiit a second here.

"...You...I know someone who has that..." Like, the exact same one he is pretty sure.

How did Sheik get it, though???

[sky_child]

Blink.

"...this exact same harp?"

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

"I think so? It has those things on the ends, too."

He points to the curve/beak things that taper off, which...yeah, there probably aren't a lot of other harps out there that go for the same stylistic choice.

[sky_child]

"Are they a member of the Royal Family?" he asks, as if all of his babbies gonna be royals in the future.

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

"Um, he's one of the Sheikah, and they serve the Royal Family, so that's probably why he has it..."

Ooooh, so like Impa then.

[sky_child]

"Oh...well...did you want to play anything on your ocarina?"

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

He stares at his ocarina, pondering this very important question. Hmm, nothing that would remind him of the girls right now, so...

...Ehehehhehehhehe. Okay.

He plays a quick, jaunty little tune, pretty good for someone who just started playing an instrumen-why is it suddenly night out?

[sky_child]

NANIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

Ahahha okay that's enough of that face.

He plays it again and it's daytime!

:D?

[sky_child]

what is this sorcery?

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

He gives Skyloft the most heroic and stoic of all stares...before trying to stifle laughter and then completely cracking and bursting into outright giggles because W O W the faces Skyloft makes are the best??? It doesn't really help that the childlike giggles are coming from a voice that already went through puberty.

Who...decided that it was a good idea to give reality warping sorceries to a nine-year-old?

[sky_child]

We just don't know.

But Skyloft is torn between melting at the strange adorableness of the other Link's laughter and flailing and asking him what the heck happened.

"I, uh, guess it's called the Ocarina of Time for a reason..."

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

"No, that worked with my other ocarina. It depends on what the song does! It's called that because you use it to open the chambers in the Temple of Time. It's like a key."

Ohh, well that makes sense too.

[sky_child]

"Oh. It's kind of like my harp, then. I can't...do what you did but...if I play it in certain areas, I can find things like...stones or walls, ah...it's a little weird, but. I also use it to find portals."

And that's all he is going to say about the portals.

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

"Ohh, that's useful." He nods, seemingly satisfied with Skyloft's explanation about the harp.

"Do you want to hear another song? Uh, I promise it won't to anything weird this time." ...Maybe.

Probably.

[sky_child]

"Okay."

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

He nods, then takes a deep breath and plays another song, not nearly as cheerful as the last one, but a very beautiful melody that carries a lot of weight to it.

Thankfully, he's right, nothing happens.

"Mmn, that's the Song of Time..." Sorry, he's not really used to having an audience or...people listening to him in general.

[sky_child]

"That's beautiful. Does it do anything?"

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

"It opened the door." ...A-Ah. Yes.

"...Oh, it also works on things that have the same symbol that's on the door, so it's pretty useful."

Oh, honey. Wait until you find yourself in Termina.

[sky_child]

Yeah no kidding.

Link, for his part, nods, before readying his harp, thinking of what to play.

He decides for something cheerful.

[ocarina_of_rhyme]

Wow that sounds (and looks) really complicated to play!

"Haha, you're really good! Do you practice a lot?"

[sky_child]

"N-not really... I never played one before Zelda gave this to me."

Would you like to hear how he is ONE OF THE BESS SWORDSMEN AND FLYERS IN THE KNIGHT ACADEMY despite rarely ever practicing?